sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
(your) daughter; young woman
to mind; to care; to worry
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
circulation; dissemination
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
visitor; attendee; spectator; guest; audience
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
commitment; pledge; promise